details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
few decades; many decades; several decades
to spend time (on doing something)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
just because; even if; even though
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
armed might; military power; the sword; force
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
property; fortune; means; assets
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to crawl towards; to creep up to
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
by chance; coincidentally; as it happens
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
general situation; whole situation; larger picture; overall situation of a game
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
our country; our land; one's own country
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of